Beef and Veal Import Permit Amendments

Summary#

This is the Order Amending General Import Permit No. 100 — Eligible Agriculture Goods and General Import Permit No. 13 — Beef and Veal for Personal Use (SOR/2026-137). It changes which beef and veal products are listed under two general import permits, and makes those permit entries apply only to products that do not come from Chile, a CUSMA country, an EU country or another CETA beneficiary. The order’s entry into force is tied to the coming-into-force of the Act implementing the United Kingdom’s accession to the CPTPP.

What it does#

• Updates entries in General Import Permit No. 100 — Eligible Agriculture Goods:
  • Replaces items 21–23 to list:
    • carcasses and half-carcasses of bovine animals classified under 0201.10.20 or 0202.10.20;
    • bone-in cuts classified under 0201.20.20 or 0202.20.20;
    • boneless meat classified under 0201.30.20 or 0202.30.20.
  • In all three cases the entry applies only to products that do not originate in Chile, a CUSMA country, an EU country or other CETA beneficiary.
• Updates entries in General Import Permit No. 13 — Beef and Veal for Personal Use:
  • Replaces items 1–2 to list:
    • bone-in cuts classified under 0201.20.10, 0202.20.10, or heading 98.04 or 98.26;
    • boneless meat classified under 0201.30.10, 0202.30.10, or heading 98.04 or 98.26.
  • Again, those entries apply only to products that do not originate in Chile, a CUSMA country, an EU country or other CETA beneficiary.
• Comes into force on the day the Act titled “An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, chapter 7 of the Statutes of Canada, 2026” comes into force (or on the registration day if registered after that).

Who's affected#

• Importers and customs brokers who use General Import Permit No. 100 to bring in beef for commercial or wholesale purposes.
• People who bring beef and veal into Canada for personal use under General Import Permit No. 13 (for example, travellers).
• Retailers, food distributors and others in the meat supply chain who rely on these general permits.
• It is not clear from the order whether other trade arrangements or specifics of origin certification will change; the order simply narrows which origins qualify under these permit entries.

Why it matters#

• The change narrows which beef products can enter Canada under these two broad import permits by excluding products from certain trading partners. That could change how some imports are handled at the border.
• For travellers, the update may affect whether certain beef or veal items can be brought in for personal use under the listed permit headings.
• For businesses, it may affect paperwork, clearance routes and which suppliers can be imported under these permits.
• The effective date depends on another law about the United Kingdom’s accession to the CPTPP, so the timing is uncertain until that Act comes into force.